ST DUNSTAN'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The Charity runs a day school in Catford in the London Borough of Lewisham for boys and girls aged between 3 and 18 years old.It provides bursaries and scholarships to a wide range of pupils and opens its facilities to the wider community.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £32,593k, with unrestricted reserves standing at £17,987k. The trustees consider this level of unrestricted reserves, supported by readily realisable investments, to be sufficient to meet short-term financial obligations and unexpected expenditure. The group reported a net income of £1,021k for the period, driven by strong operational performance and increased school fees.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mr Nick Hewlett — CEO (source)
• Dr Rupert Evenett MBE — Chair (source)
• Mr Navdeep Sheera — Deputy Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Charles Gordon Trust — “In September 2023, LYLA won the prestigious Educational Excellence Award at the Charles Gordon Trust Awards in recognition of the outstandin…” (source page)
• Judge & Priestly — “This year we are thrilled that our Headline Sponsors are Judge & Priestly, a firm of solicitors acting for individuals, businesses and local…” (source page)
• 4TY Planning Ltd — “It has since been supported by many local sponsors including 4TY Planning Ltd, Barton Knight, Munchkins and Barton Knight.” (source page)
• Barton Knight — “It has since been supported by many local sponsors including 4TY Planning Ltd, Barton Knight, Munchkins and Barton Knight.” (source page)
• Munchkins — “It has since been supported by many local sponsors including 4TY Planning Ltd, Barton Knight, Munchkins and Barton Knight.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• St Dunstan's Education Foundation Trustee Limited

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION SCHOOLS OF LONDON.

• THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION SCHOOLS OF LONDON income £1.7m
• THE WHITECHAPEL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £107k
• DHS Educational Foundation income £1.6m
• DENSTONE COLLEGE LIMITED income £16.3m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY income £178k
• THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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